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The debate-defining posts of Rhode Island activists wield influence beyond their readership
Bloggers have “used a new and powerful medium and ‘crashed the gates’ to ensure that information — the most important ingredient in a democracy — would be available to anyone who wanted to write, read, or debate.”

Renewable energy’s promise is a bright spot amid the state’s deficit gloom It’s a pretty rare day when lobbyists, environmentalists, and labor officials are all happy about supporting the same legislation.

Ace Ticket deal offers several benefits for the Red Sox Last week, the Phoenix broke the news that the Boston Red Sox were opting out of the agreement Major League Baseball struck last year making eBay–owned online sports-ticket giant StubHub the official reseller of MLB seats.

Fans are paying the price for the Sox success: inside the Fenway fiasco When NESN periodically broadcasts a historic Red Sox game during the off-season, the vast swaths of empty seats are enough to cause a sharp sense of wistfulness for many fans.

The Rhode Island wields a rare impact as Clinton and Obama go head to head Clinton bathed in the intense affection of an adoring crowd, her every statement punctuated by wild applause, chants, and a rising sea of blue signs touting her campaign.

Five years on, getting by remains a day-to-day challenge for some of those touched by the fire For most Rhode Islanders, the Station nightclub conflagration — the worst disaster in the state since the hurricane of 1938 — is like a receding object in a rearview mirror.

Hellendrung envisions a beer garden on Providence's West Side During its old glory days, Cranston-based Narragansett was a Red Sox-sponsoring source of local pride, and sales hit an apex of more than one million barrels of beer in the early 1960s.

Talking politics Things turned out more or less as anticipated: John McCain bolstered his frontrunner status on the Republican side, and dueling Democrats Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama will keep fighting.